Who won the Sunday night battle between two heavy music events? It was NBC’s telecast of the Billboard Music Awards versus the first part of ABC‘s American Idol finale?
The Billboard Music Awards, prior to lifts from time-zone adjustments for the coast-to-coast live telecast, led in the demo with a 2.1 rating among adults 18-49 and came in with just shy of 7 million viewers.
The comparable stats from the 2017, its last year on ABC, were a 2.3 rating in the key demo and 7.7 million viewers. Billboard’s show will perk up when adjustments come in, but the kudos are still facing an all-time low.
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